@milee30 #23
For area south of 60th St. I would give my impression but I feel students like @HydeSnark and parents like @Lea111 and @JBStillFlying who has kids living in BJ would be able to paint a far more accurate picture.
Along 60th and 61st Street between Drexel Ave. and Woodlawn Ave., i.e. between Logan Art Center and Law School, I would feel pretty safe. There are tons of students in those few blocks during school year. During term break, it may be a bit more iffy.
If you walk east from Law School, there are a lot of empty lots and construction zone. WHEN the Keller School, Woodlawn Residential Commons and Rubenstein Forum are all completed, that area shall be bustling with students. But for now it is pretty quiet.
Logan Art Center is just one block from Cottage Grove Ave. I am usually weary about that area after dark.
Along 61st Street near RGG there are many new rehabbed condo buildings and townhouses as well as the last few remaining buildings of graduate student housing. It is a safe area now. There is widespread rumor about a new hotel at 61st St. and Dorchester Ave… I feel 61st St. will be the next up and coming area for Woodlawn and The College. But it may take a few years for this to flourish.
I would personally draw the line at 63rd St. I don’t feel safe going south beyond that part of Woodlawn. But I do not frequent that area long enough to make an authoritative judgment.